I'm a native of Washington, D.C. My mother was an illustrator for a time as a young woman and it was from her that I got my interest in and love for all things artistic. There are few times in my life when I've not drawn or painted in one form or another. I graduated from the University of Maryland, with a B.Sc. in Applied Design.

After college, I took a job with the federal govt. as a Jr. illustrator at NASA, a newly created agency that was alive with famous men, and a spirit of adventure. More than any job I've ever had, it was an opportunity to be "in on the ground floor" of an exciting adventure into space. What young kid wouldn't be excited?

Following my stint at NASA, I worked at various govt. agencies in Washington before moving to San Francisco in August of 1968. Working as an editorial photographer (someone shoved a 4 x 5 Speed Graphic into my hands at the University) at the Division of Nursing, I spent two years creating training films and editorial artwork for the Agency.

In 1970, I moved to England (the Lake District - Keswick, Cumbria) where my wife at the time and I opened a restaurant and I operated a small silkscreen studio with a local artist from the area. After about 2.5 years, and a pending divorce, I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark and found work as a part-time political cartoonist for Information', a small radical newspaper in Copenhagen. I also had a studio in an old farmhouse in Taustrup, Denmark where I painted a great many surrealist images in my spare time.

Returning to the US in 1974, I found work as an animator and cell painter with Bob Mills Animation in San Francisco, and after about a year of that work, with three other artists from the studio, started Big Little Films. We created film strips for training aids for the US Army. I continued to paint and draw in my spare time.

For the remainder of my life, I developed a career as a graphic designer and worked in various studios and as a freelancer for almost 25 years.

An aside:
When I returned to the US in 1974, I became involved with a small group of friends, all artists, and we started getting together once a week to draw and talk. That group, which was to be an artistic anchor for the rest of my life, is known as Artsquad. We have continued to meet, almost every week, for the last 33 years. It is inconceivable to me that I would be the artist I am now, without that cameraderie and support from that small group of friends. The countless artistic experimentation that we've all engaged in, and the encouragement and support that we've given to each other, has enabled me to keep working as an artist. There is no more rewarding activity.